Jacob’s Ladder, Lord’s Seat, Mam Tor from Edale
Working during the week, hiking during the weekend. Balance in life is the key to everything.
Hike and Travel motto recently has been balance in life. We both are working hard during the week and during the weekend we like jumping off the hamster wheel and do something for our mind and body. Walking in Peak District areas has been a blessing and we are very grateful to be able to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of National Park Peak District.
Edale, a small beautiful village is considered the most popular in Peak District and the start/end of the famous long distance trail, Pennine Way. As other multiple routes, this walking trail starts from Edale car park. Edale car park is fairly big with multiple car park spaces and pay and display (coins only, £6 for 6h).
We like to start our walk early in the morning and I was happy to witness this wonderful image of fog and sunrise ‘meeting’ each other. The views were spectacular looking over Edale and Great Ridge of Mam Tor.
‘Hike and Travel‘ have been walking around Mam Tor area but this route is different and the sunny day made us feel positive and full of good energy.
Following the stoned and paved route to Jacob’s Ladder feels like a nice warmup in the morning.
You can definitely see the change of seasons and the grass colour becoming greener week by week. I am always amazed by the beautiful landscape and the stone fences found in the entire England. I’m just wondering who did the fences and how long did it take?
After just few miles, we stopped for a tea and a snack at the bottom on Jacob’s Ladder, near the picturesque 17th Century stone packhorse bridge over the River Noe.
Jacob’s Ladder is a stoned route connecting Edale to Kinder Low Plateau. Check Letsgo Peak District website for a short description and history of Jacob’s Ladder.
On the left hand side of the bridge, around 100m away there are also some ruins of a house/ farm, probably the farm of Jacob Marshall who gave the name of this place.
The path is steep and very slippery when it’s raining but the scenery at the top are worth the trip.
Hike and Travel did this route the other way from Kinder to Edale but I would never get bored of walking this area.
Once you get to the top of Jacob’s Ladder the route is more flat and easy to walk on.
The next leg of the route to Brown Knolls is a path of big tiles of stone and even if each sides of the stones were boggy and wet it felt like a stroll in the park. There are few points offering a perfect 360 degrees view up towards Manchester or Chapel-en-le-Frith. The flat, vast area of stones path gives you the impression that this route is never ending.
After walking for few miles we have reached to the path towards the Lord’s Seat. Located opposite to Mam Tor, Lord’s Seat is a great place of fantastic views and it’s not that busy compared to Mam Tor. It is also a perfect spot for lunch and to enjoy the views.
Check out below the timelapse from Lord’s Seat looking to Mam Tor. When everything and everyone is continuously moving take a moment and think about your breathing, relax and remove of negative thoughts.
Moments like this one when you can simply step back from daily routine, take a deep breath of fresh air and be present can really help with mental health and stress after a busy week.
This walking routes is approximately 10 miles and it took almost 6 hours ( with long lunch break and pit stops). It has been an amazing day and I would definitely like to go back there soon.
The entire route is available below as time-lapse video of 24 minutes.
